I just wrapped up a weekend full of good stuff.

Friday, I was at the headquarters of Compassion International for a special time with their leaders from around the world. I'm thankful for he tremendous work carried on by the men and women of Compassion.

Saturday I flew into San Jose, California and drove to a new church called Venture Christian. This was their first weekend to meet as one body. Venture is the new product of a merger of two strong fellowships in the San Jose area. I was a part of the Saturday night service as well as the two morning worship services on Sunday. After church, the whole bunch was treated to a barbeque picnic lunch and all the trimmings.

At three in the afternoon, I played for an hour with a band of guys I met at Spirit West Coast. They drove down from Chico, CA and played with me for the afternoon concert. We pulled out lots of the new material. Man, it feels great to be playing some new stuff. Of course, I have to field a load of comments about people wanting to hear the old songs...and I'll keep playing some of them for a long time to come. But remember ...even the old songs were new one time!!

So, it's been a busy weekend and I'm looking forward to heading home today.

But I wanted to thank you all for your prayers and to let you know that I feel your encouragement to press on every time I step out.

And I know this might be getting old, but the new project "Even This" is in the final stages of manufacturing these next two weeks. I approved all the final art and all that goes with that. So the plant is making them right now. You'll be the first to know when they're ready.

I'm thankful for all the kind words you folks write to me. It always blesses me to read your messages.

Wayne